New Year in Krakow

Well, Happy New Year everyone!

I know its already middle of January, and I've been beyond then crap for not posting, and the fact that I'm super busy at work it's not even an excuse anymore :-(.

Anyways, tons of happened so here it goes. I spent my Christmas and New Year in Poland with my family and visiting old friends. 

We had the most beautiful time and if you ever go to Poland, make sure Krakow its your first choice.

It is one of my favourite places in Poland, I'm calling it Easter European Florence, with all the bohemian underground jazz bars, amazing restaurants and the most beautiful old town. Obviously Krakow has very important historic meanting, but it also has the coolest night life.

Below, small collage of Katowice / Krakow ... 

 Big kiss! xx

Fabulous Magazine in Katowice!

Hello! 

Yes, yes, I'm still alive... And it's been one hell of a month (or two)!

Straight after the Paralympics Opening Ceremony (literally) and just 2 hours sleep I went to my first day at work at Fabulous Magazine, where I'll be staying for a few months. It has been absolutely...well, Fabulous , mega busy, after few weeks we were off to Las Vegas (for my first fashion trip) with my fashion director and the rest of the team to shoot all our up-and-coming fashion stories.
It was AMAZING!... Post coming up soon :-)

But - there's one thing I wanted to share...

Before I started at Fabulous, the fashion director mentioned to me that she wanted to go to Poland to shoot some big fashion stories. I got really excited - high fashion meets my home country! - and one night I sat down to write a ten page document promoting Polish cities and the fact she absolutely, definitely, even-if-it-was-the-last-thing-she-did had to go. Take a peek behind the iron curtain!

One of her ideas was a punk story and she was looking for some kind of cool concert hall with personality to stage the shoot. So I suggested 'Spodek' - a local landmark in my neighbourhood, a concert venue from the 1950s that looks a bit like a flying saucer
that's just landed from outer space. I didn't think they would pick it in a million years, as it was a bit of a drive from their unit base, plus I don't remember anyone ever shooting there.

But a few weeks later and... voila! An amazing punk story is born! Shot in my home city of... drum roll, please... KATOWICE. You can almost see my grandma standing at one of the windows in the buildings behind!

So come pay her a visit... Fashion, Silesian Style... In Fabulous Magazine, out now!

X

Japanese Vogue

I simply adore Japanese Vogue.

Here, I LOVE my Polish Queen Anja all in Dior Couture (May 2012).

Below, some of the other amazing stories you can find on the Vogue website.

PHOTOGRAPHED BY PATRICK DEMARCHELIER
STYLED BY ANNA DELLO RUSSO

PHOTOGRAPHED BY GIAMPAOLO SGURA
STYLED BY ANNA DELLO RUSSO

PHOTOGRAPHED BY TOMMY TON
STYLED BY AURORA SANSONE

PHOTOGRAPHED BY CARLYNE CERF DE DUDZEELE
STYLED BY SISSY VIAN

PHOTOGRAPHED BY GIAMPAOLO SGURA
STYLED BY VIVIANA VOLPICELLA

Black Milk Clothing

Hello girlies,

It's the weekend! Yay. What's everyone doing? I'll be eating lots of burgers as I've been invited for a preview of 'Meat Market' (the people behind 'Meat Liquor'- the best burgers in all of London town!). Now they're opening a new place in Covent Garden. I'm expecting the best!

But before the beef onslaught, I thought I'd share this with you: it's the incredible Australian label, Black Milk Clothing- known for their famous leggings which take famous prints of paintings, cosmic maps and other cultural references as their inspiration. Yes, you've def seen them already.

I sort of knew about them, cos of Jessie J is a big fan... but I've only now got round to having a good root round their website.
What I was thinking? Why did I wait? I must be crazy!
They are hands down my new favourite fashion thing of all... I literally want every single piece. Except, perhaps, the muscle leggings...I'll leave the muscle to the burgers...

And because they retail exclusively online only, they've come up with a really clever way of engaging their customers which is super fun.
When you buy a piece from them, you can instagram a pic of yourself wearing it, add the right hashtag# and it comes up on the website on the item's individual page... Amazing?!?

Not only is it interactive and fun, but it's also a great way to see the actual piece on a real human being. Not just a stick thin model. Check it out. It's just fab!


I'll def be ordering this cosmic print swimsuit and the Cathedral dress. What about you? 

M xx









P.S. The girl from the first picture (also the main website image) it's a new internet sensation- Juliett Kuczynska (Polish of course ;-). This girl is insane, her style is insane (her lookbook.nu here), her blog is insane check it out here- def my new girl crush.

blackmilkclothing.com 

print leggings from £48- £60

swimsuits around £57

dresses around £63

these unfortunately are gone forever (check it out their 'museum' page here)

polish supermodels

anja rubik

magdalena frackowiak